placenamesBear Island
An tOileán Mór
Bear Island is a townland in Cork. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationBear Island51.65487° N · 9.86465° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- An tOileán Mór · Irish · main form · validated name
- Bear Island · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Bear
- Civil parish
- Killaconenagh
- Coordinates
- 51.65487, -9.86465 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 8697 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Bear Island. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.